What Can You Expect from Advancing Construction Planning & Scheduling in 2026?
Advancing Construction Planning & Scheduling is back for its 9th year in Dallas, bringing together schedulers, planners, project managers, superintendents, project controls leaders and delivery teams to explore how schedules can work under real project pressure.
Join peers from leading GCs, owners and trade partners to uncover practical strategies for improving schedule accuracy, strengthening field alignment, reducing delay risk and turning plans into real execution.
Discover how leading teams are evolving planning and scheduling by:
- Closing the gap between schedule logic and field reality
- Using AI, analytics and project controls to surface risk earlier
- Building stronger superintendent, trade partner and stakeholder buy-in
- Developing junior schedulers while strengthening strategic scheduling leadership
Beyond the content, connect with your peers through dedicated networking, workshops, audience-led discussions and practical case studies designed to help you compare approaches, share lessons learned and build relationships with those facing the same scheduling and delivery pressures.
What’s New for 2026
Dedicated Learning Pathways for Every Scheduling Career Stage
New for 2026, the Pre-Conference Workshop Day now features two tailored tracks: one for early-career schedulers building confidence, field awareness and core scheduling fundamentals, and one for seasoned professionals focused on strategic scheduling leadership, risk escalation, schedule reviews and performance at scale.
A Bigger Focus on AI, Analytics & the Future Scheduler Role
With AI now reshaping reporting, risk visibility and decision-making, 2026 introduces more content on prompts, agents, analytics, dashboards and schedule intelligence, helping teams understand where technology can support scheduling without replacing human judgement.
More Field-Led Content to Close the Schedule-to-Site Gap
This year moves beyond schedule accuracy to focus on how plans perform in real execution. Explore how leading teams are strengthening superintendent buy-in, improving field communication, aligning trade partners, and turning schedule logic into field-ready action.
More Interactive Formats for Practical Peer Learning
From audience-led Q&As and methodology debates to mock meetings, pull planning exercises and peer-sourced AI use-case exchanges, this year’s agenda is designed to move beyond presentations and help attendees compare approaches, challenge assumptions and take practical ideas back to live projects.
Divide & Conquer
With dedicated learning pathways across the Pre-Conference Workshop Day and two main conference tracks, Advancing Construction Planning & Scheduling 2026 is designed to help teams divide and conquer the biggest challenges facing planning, scheduling and field execution.
Go in-depth in one track, or pick and choose between both for the sessions most applicable to you!
Pre-Conference Workshop Day
Track 1: Strategic Scheduling Leadership
Built for experienced scheduling professionals, project controls leaders and senior delivery teams, this track explores how to improve alignment, risk escalation, schedule reviews and performance at scale. Benchmark how leading teams are setting up complex schedules earlier, clarifying roles, surfacing warning signs and improving schedule governance across large project environments.
Track 2: Scheduling Fundamentals in Practice
Designed for early-career schedulers and developing team members, this track focuses on the practical skills needed to build confidence, earn field trust and understand how work is actually built. Explore communication, superintendent engagement, schedule theory, field awareness and visual reporting to help new schedulers contribute beyond updates and reporting.
Main Conference
Track 1: Strategic Scheduling & Risk Control
Explore how leading teams are strengthening schedule intelligence, improving risk visibility and using analytics, AI, project controls and decision-making workflows to move beyond static reporting. Gain practical insight into system transitions, mega project schedule detail, pre-construction planning, commissioning, milestone coordination and proactive recovery.
Track 2: Field Execution & Delivery Alignment
Uncover how project teams are turning schedule logic into real field action by improving superintendent buy-in, trade partner accountability, pull planning, field communication, BIM/VDC coordination and short-interval planning. Learn how to make schedules more usable, trusted and actionable for the people delivering the work on site.
Explore the 2026 Event Guide
- 30+ Expert Speakers from leading GCs, clients & trades
- 3 Action-Packed Days dedicated to making schedules work in real execution
- 2 Tailored Pre-Conference Workshop Day Tracks
- Exclusive AI, Analytics, Project Controls & Field Execution Content
- Real-World Case Studies and Practical Strategies
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